Backyard Observatory
Observatory
On the inside
Lurie Houghton
Cookbook
The observatory is housed in a 4' x 7' shed. I had to shorten the shed to fence height which was done on a table saw with the blade mounted backwards.
Its tight on the inside but fine for one. The desk holds 2 laptops, one controlling one of Mel's stepper boards, the other is the keyboard and display for the minitower running the CCD camera.
Fork mounted Laurie Houghton. It field is waised on the cookbook but should fit the SITE TK-1024 chip in the new camera.
The telescope has changeable focusers. This one is "T" mount for use with a camera.
